Today in History - History - February 10th

1934Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier"

1949Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC

200850th Grammy Awards: Rehab, Amy Winehouse wins

1989Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame

1990South African President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on Feb 11th

1908Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1914In accordance with the understanding reached by General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi, 60 passive resistance prisoners are released from the Pietermaritzburg Prison; 40 passive resisters are released in Durban, 8 in Newcastle and 11 in Port Elizabeth

1824Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru

1969LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94

1991Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament

1890Boris Pasternak, Moscow, Russian novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958)

1974Elizabeth Banks, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, American actress (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Man on a Ledge)

1955Greg Norman, Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)

1902Walter Houser Brattain, Amoy, China, American physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)

1858US president Millard Fillmore (58) weds Caroline Carmichael (43) in Albany, New York

19461st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum

1966Reggae Musician Bob Marley (21) marries fellow musician Rita Anderson (19)

1899Future US President Herbert Hoover (24) marries college sweetheart Lou Henry (24) in Monterey California

2001Singer-comedian Weird Al Yankovic (41) weds Suzanne Krajewski

1974NBA player Julius Erving (23) weds model Turquoise Brown at Waldorf

1918Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 84

1992Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70

2014Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat, famous as a child star in the 1930s (Bright Eyes, Heidi), dies of natural causes at 85

2005Arthur Miller, American playwright, dies at 89